Rotary Club: Global Grants

The Rotary Club's Global Grants initiative supports significant international projects that yield sustainable results. By collaborating with local communities, Rotary clubs and districts address pressing needs across various focus areas, including health, education, and economic development. These grants, with budgets ranging from $30,000 to $400,000, enable clubs to implement impactful humanitarian projects, scholarships, and vocational training, ultimately fostering global partnerships and enhancing community welfare.

NOTE: Both the district or club in the country where the activity is carried out and the international partner district or club must first become qualified before applying for a global grant. Learn more about the qualification process and grant management. Your club and district Rotary Foundation chairs can help you plan how to use your District Designated Funds and learn how to qualify your club.
Global grants support large international activities with sustainable, measurable outcomes in Rotary’s areas of focus. By working together to respond to real community needs, clubs, and districts strengthen their global partnerships.
Read A Guide to Global Grants below for detailed information on planning your project, applying for a grant to fund it, carrying it out, and reporting on your progress and outcome.
What global grants support
Global grants can fund:

• Humanitarian projects
• Scholarships for graduate-level academic studies

Vocational training teams, which are groups of professionals who travel abroad either to teach local professionals about their field or to learn more about it themselves
Areas of Focus
Promoting peaceRotary encourages conversations to foster understanding within and across cultures. Learn more >Fighting diseaseWe educate and equip communities to stop the spread of life-threatening diseases like polio, HIV/AIDS, and malaria. Learn more >Providing clean water, sanitation, and hygieneWe support local solutions to bring clean water, sanitation, and hygiene to more people every day. We share our expertise with community leaders and educators to make sure our projects succeed long-term. Learn more >Saving mothers and childrenNearly 6 million children under the age of five die each year because of malnutrition, poor health care, and inadequate sanitation. Learn more >Supporting educationMore than 775 million people over the age of 15 are illiterate. Learn more >Growing local economiesWe carry out service projects that enhance economic and community development and create opportunities for decent and productive work for young and old. Learn more >Protecting the environmentRotary members are tackling environmental issues the way they always do: coming up with projects, using their connections to change policy, and planning for the future. Learn more >
How they’re funded
Global grants have a minimum budget of $30,000 and a maximum World Fund award of $400,000. Grant sponsors can use a combination of District Designated Funds (DDF), cash, and/or directed gift and endowed fund program award spendable amounts to fund a global grant. The Foundation will provide an 80 percent World Fund match for all DDF contributions. There is no minimum World Fund match.